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| (Fig.1) No Women No Cry- Chris Ofili |
No Women No Cry- Chris Ofili |
Chris Ofili steered into the art industry in the early 1990s with promising coordinated paintings combining various techniques such as dots of paint, strokes of glitter and collaged images. One of his most impressive pieces was produce using elephant dung – varnished. Chris Ofili then went on to win the Turner Prize in 1998 and over the past decade has exhibited in many international institutions.
Ofili's work always seems to have a colourful appearance to them involving black culture, history and exoticism. That communicates highly seductive art both physically and metaphorically.
"Born in 1968 and educated at the Royal College of Art, Ofili lives and works in Trinidad. He has enjoyed many major international exhibitions dedicated to his work, in early 2010; Tate Britain presented the most extensive exhibition of his work to date. Other significant solo exhibitions include The Arts Club of Chicago (2010), Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover (2006), The Studio Museum In Harlem, New York (2005) and Serpentine Gallery, London (1998). Chris Ofili won the Turner Prize in 1998 and represented Britain at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003".
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